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Apple Watch Series 12 (46 mm GPS)
Apple Watch Series 12 (46 mm GPS) wearable normalized across health sensors, battery, comfort, durability, compatibility, and ownership cost.
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49.8/100
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Apple Watch Ultra 4
Apple Watch Ultra 4 wearable normalized across health sensors, battery, comfort, durability, compatibility, and ownership cost.
Bettr Than Score · Balanced
50.2/100
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Value, endurance, comfort, durability, and broadly useful health sensors.
Apple Watch Series 12 (46 mm GPS)
49.8 / 100
Apple Watch Ultra 4
50.2 / 100
100% supported scoring weight · 15 shared fields.
How this score works
- Reference price: 20% · Apple Watch Series 12 (46 mm GPS) has the favorable value
- Advertised battery life: 20% · Apple Watch Ultra 4 has the favorable value
- Device weight: 15% · Apple Watch Series 12 (46 mm GPS) has the favorable value
- Water resistance: 10% · Apple Watch Ultra 4 has the favorable value
- Built-in GPS: 8% · equal
- Continuous heart rate: 5% · equal
- ECG capability: 7% · equal
- Blood oxygen sensing: 5% · equal
- Temperature sensing: 5% · equal
- Sleep tracking: 5% · equal
Device type, phone compatibility, fit, coaching quality, and medical availability are personal or regional. A missing or inapplicable feature is excluded rather than treated as a loss.
Side-by-side specifications
| Apple Watch Series 12 (46 mm GPS) | Specification | Apple Watch Ultra 4 |
|---|---|---|
$429 | Reference price | $799 |
smartwatch | Device type | smartwatch |
1 days | Advertised battery life | 2.08 days |
36.4 g | Device weight | 61.4 g |
50 m | Water resistance | 100 m |
Yes | Built-in GPS | Yes |
Yes | Continuous heart rate | Yes |
Yes | ECG capability | Yes |
Yes | Blood oxygen sensing | Yes |
Yes | Temperature sensing | Yes |
Yes | Sleep tracking | Yes |
Yes | On-device display | Yes |
Yes | iPhone support | Yes |
No | Android support | No |
None | Required subscription | None |
Evidence-based guidance · Balanced model
Apple Watch Ultra 4 leads on the balanced wearables model
Based on 15 shared sourced fields and 100% balanced scoring coverage. Device type, phone compatibility, fit, coaching quality, and medical availability are personal or regional. A missing or inapplicable feature is excluded rather than treated as a loss.
Consider Apple Watch Series 12 (46 mm GPS) for reference price ($429), device weight (36.4 g).
Consider Apple Watch Ultra 4 for advertised battery life (2.08 days), water resistance (100 m).
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